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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS 



BOSTON. 



Arthur llorriiiBtoii. i>i Madison, is 

 scheduled to deliver an illustrated lec- 

 ture on The Iris, at Horticultural Hall, 

 on Saturday afternoon, January 26. at 

 2 o'clock. 



Tlie State Board of Agriculture lias 

 requested the Lepislature for an ap- 

 propriation of $40,000 tu be expended 

 in prizes for competitive e.xhibits of 

 aiiricultural and horticultural objects. 



Representative Waterman, of Wil- 

 liamstown. with the supi)ort of Secre- 

 tary Wlieeler of the State Board of 

 Agriculture, has filed a bill to author- 

 ize the purchase by the state of agri- 

 cultural machinery for lease to 

 farmers. 



Gov. McCall called upon the L<egisla- 

 ture. in a special message, to make an 

 investigation of the uses of peat and 

 deposits in Massachusetts with a view 

 of ascertaining whether it can be used 

 as a stibstitute for coal. There are 

 large deposits of peat in New England. 



Food Administrator EJndicott desires 

 an appropriation of $300,000 for pursu- 

 ing the campaign on behalf of "win 

 the war gardening" during the ensu- 

 ing year. In a bill filed by him in the 

 House of Representatives on January 

 12 he recommended that there may be 

 expended from the treasury of the 

 State, under the direction of the Gov- 

 ernor and Council, for the purpose of 

 stimulating the production and con- 

 servation of food products and for like 

 purposes growing out of the present 

 war emergency, the sum of $.300,000. 



The new regulations which now 

 go into effect as to the opening and 

 closing hours for business houses will, 

 no doubt, cause inconvenience and loss 

 to some but their full effect cannot be 

 yet foreseen. Retail florists are among 

 the very few store-people allowed to 

 keeji their places open after 6 o'clock 

 p. m. The flower markets may do 

 business only between 7 a. m. ana 2 

 p. m. The wholesale dealers' regular 

 hours are from 9 a. m. until 6 p. m., 

 but may open to take care of shipping 

 orders at 7 a. m. The general order 

 to make every Monday a legal holiday 

 for the ne.xt ten weeks and forbidding 

 the opening of any business houses is 

 at present moment a somewhat specu- 

 lative question on which there is no 

 settled opinion as to its relation to 

 perishable property. 



The following practical and timely 

 bit 01 instruction in the care of pot 

 plants has been widely distributed by 

 Henry Penn by means of his advertise- 



incuts iu thu newspapers and other- 

 wise: 



rilK lAltK l)K lin TKIl ri,A.NTS. 



Till' tikM (liiyH <»f whiter iiri' i'Irmti'iI liy 

 pretty Iliiwt'riii); iiiiil roMii^p plaiitH; lint 

 wlilh' they jire |):irlU-ti)iirIy fiiHetnatiiij; at 



tlil8 time it is iliiriiik' II iilileat ilayH tliiii 



tlie plants rei|iilrc llie iiioMt atteiilinii. 



.Never alliiw tlieiii to stand In front of an 

 open window or in a cold ilran^til. 'I'lie 

 intense lir.i- lo-at in lioines on extremely 

 eolil lia.vs will ilry out the soil and wither 

 or perniauently injure most plants in a few 



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The pots of plants should he ininiiTseil 

 in a pail of water for several luiuut.'S on 

 very cold days, while in milder weather 

 on alternate days, or even twice a week, 

 will snlTice to keep the plants in a hi'althy 

 ronditioii. with the e.\eeptlon of foreeil 

 plants, such as azaleas or lilacs: these 

 should lie watered tlinroiiKhly every ilu.v. 



We commend the foregoing to our 

 florist readers as an examiile worthy 

 of general adoption and conducive to 

 more satisfaction on the part of 

 customers who liuy plants l)Ut are not 

 well informed as to how to care for 

 them. 



Richard Hittinger. of Belmont, one 

 of the leading . vegetalile growers in 

 this section, lias written to the select- 

 men of Belmont stating that the green- 

 houses are becoming short of fuel and 

 will lose millions of dollars unless coal 

 is supplied. Mr. Hittinger gives the 

 following estimate of the greenhouse 

 crops grown in Belmont alone, with 

 two sets of figures, the first represent- 

 ing what the growers receive, the sec- 

 ond W'hat the consumers pay at tlie 

 markets: Lettuce. 3.580.416 heads. 

 $198,912. $3.58.041; cucumbers, 2,756,- 

 610. $12,923, $27.').661; cress, 3450 

 bunches, $1725, $345u; mint, 11,240 

 bunches, $945, $1348; radishes, 131,40(J 

 bunches, $4380, $6570; beets, 4500 

 bunches, $180. $400; parsley, 150 bush- 

 els, $375, $600; dandelions, 2,000 bush- 

 els, $4000. $5000. Total value to grow- 

 ers, $340,440; total retail value as paid 

 by customers at markets, $651,071. The 

 volume of business done in propagat- 

 ing under glass plants which are solil 

 for outdoor spring planting is given in 

 the same manner, as follows: Tomato 

 plants. 73.150. $27,806, $54,861: cal)- 

 bage plants. 20,000. $1000, $2000; cel- 

 ery plants. 3000. $120, $300; lettuce 

 plants, 97,000. $3637. $4850; plants for 

 6400 bushels of onions. $9700, $12,400. 



Watertown, N. Y. — George N. Sayles 

 carried his greenhouses through the 

 below-zero weather by turning the 

 hose on the outside of the roofs so 

 that the ice thus formed effectually 

 sealed up all the Joints and laps, thus 

 keeping the cold air out and the heat 

 in. 



CHICAGO. 



('. A. Samuel.son. south side llorist. 

 left for Wendell. Idaho, to look after 

 his apple orchard there. 



Seven years ago a flower Btorc was 

 ojiened by Pehrson & Marine on the 

 north side, and their experiences have 

 been varied. .Mr. Marine sold out to 

 .Mr. I'ehrson and now the latter ha« 

 sold out to the former. Mr. I'ehrson 

 will go to Florida to take up the grow- 

 ing of asparagus and other green for 

 florists. 



The friends of .Miss Charlotte Meg- 

 chelson regret that she found it neces- 

 sary to sell her retail flower store at 

 47th street and Grand boulevard. 

 Miss Megchelson had built up a flne 

 trade in a very desirable location, but 

 the unusual conditions of the year 

 and a new store opening in her block 

 were too much and she sold out to 

 the new florist, Andrew J. O'l^ary. 



Chicago had not recovered from the 

 first snow storm, making a record 

 which eclipsed the records of the 

 weather bureau, completely tying up 

 railway traffic, before it was visited by 

 another snow storm, with even more 

 paralyzing effects upon the florists' 

 business. Even telephone orders 

 could not be filled, had the stock been 

 in the store, as street cars were out 

 of service on many lines and the drifts 

 reached the depth of from five to 

 fifteen feet, making delivery on foot 

 impossible. As surburban trains sus- 

 liended service early Saturday morn- 

 ing, Jan. 12th, little stock came in. 

 Many of the florists, especially the 

 wholesalers, live in the suburban 

 towns and they were unalde to reach 

 their homes till Sunday afternoon. 

 Train seivice now, Jan. 14th, is only 

 );artially established, and florists are 

 not anticipating any amount of busi- 

 ness in the next few days. The cold 

 and wind with the second storm ex- 

 ceeded the previous one, making the 

 warming of greenhouses a most dllH- 

 cult task. Every possible means was 

 resorted to to save 1he houses from 

 destruction and no one now in the 

 business of growing under glass has 

 any recollection of so severe a test of 

 the endurance and resourcerulness 

 necessary to save their property and 

 stock, for the conditions are said to be 

 unequalled for 55 years. The coal 

 situation is most acute and only those 

 with a supply on hand can pull 

 through. 



